Bydureon BCise for Type 2 Diabetes User Reviews (Page 2)

• Gra...
• Taken for 5 to 10 years
• January 10, 2023

"Even though I follow the instructions for use carefully, and have learned to leave the needle in for at least two minutes (longer than directed) after the medicine has completed the injection, it still is too often squirts back out everywhere. This is an expensive product failure. Never had trouble with the previous Bydureon injection system, and am strongly considering looking at alternatives."

• Cin...
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• April 30, 2019

"I have been taking Bydureon BCise for 6 weeks and have had no issues. If I eat the wrong foods or too much, I have severe stomach pain, but if I control my food intake, all is well. I have not had my A1C checked yet, but I am hoping it went down."

• jli...
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• October 19, 2018

"I have type 2 diabetes and began taking Bydureon BCise for nearly 12 weeks now. Before, I was injecting Novolin 3 times a day with Levemir at night. I am now only taking Metformin and Januvia along with the Bydureon BCise. In the last 4 months, I have gone from 240 lbs to 190 lbs in conjunction with a diabetic diet and exercise. I have not experienced any of the many side effects listed, except for the hard lumps that result at the injection site, but they go away after a few weeks. I do experience some lethargy, but exercising daily helps to maintain acceptable energy levels. It is very expensive; upwards of $850 for a 4-week supply/4 pens. However, with insurance, I only pay the co-pay of $30. I am very pleased with this product."

• Old...
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• October 10, 2018

"Have been using Byetta and then Bydureon since 2009. I was always happy with the results. I started using the Bydureon BCise version about a month ago. I don't like the delivery system at all. Several times, I have experienced welts on my skin from the needle. I really think that the new pen does a less effective job of injecting the drug. My various daily blood glucose readings are higher by an average of 10 to 20 points. I plan to give BCise another few weeks. If my overall experience does not improve, I will either go back to the older version of Bydureon or use another drug."

• Typ...
• Taken for 1 to 2 years
• December 21, 2020

"Have had 4 Bcise injectors malfunction in the last year, 3 in the last 4 months. Like other comments, the plunger fails to inject, and when pulled away from the body, the medication shoots out, and once just slowly came out. Any idea if skin, hair, or body fat can plug the needle, or is it just a mechanical problem with the injector?"

• Joe...
• Taken for 1 to 2 years
• September 29, 2021

"These greedy fools keep changing how it's administered so they can raise prices. I'm done with greedy drug companies and switched to Trulicity. I just hope everyone gets smart and hits these idiots in their pocketbooks."

• Mag...
• Taken for 6 months to 1 year
• October 22, 2018

"My last comments were at the end of July 2018, and I wanted to follow up. It is now the end of Oct., and all is going well with my use of Bydureon BCise. I have become comfortable with the injections and use an alcohol patch to sanitize my injection site prior to injection. I've noticed no injection site side effects. However, my A1C is steady at 5.9. Along with diet and exercise, I've continued to lose weight-now over 70 lbs. My cholesterol went from over 200 to 91, needless to say, my doctors and I are happy. That said, I am more in tune with my stomach during meals. I can tell three bites in if the food agrees with the Bydureon, as my stomach will spasm to an uncomfortable level. So, not all doses, but very doable. I wish you all good luck and the success that I have had using this medication."

• Sfg...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• December 7, 2019

"I started this medication along with Januvia and have been taking Januvia once a day and Metformin twice a day. I am on my second week. Doing okay, but the injection sites are lumpy, red, painful, and itchy. My endocrinologist says this is normal and takes about six weeks for the lumps to disappear. I am using an ice pack to calm the itchiness and pain. Every now and then, I feel a little nauseous, but I drink ginger tea and I’m okay. Hope this all calms down with time. My BS numbers are good in the normal range."

• JDa...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• April 25, 2018

"I started taking this medicine 3 weeks ago. The first week, I had diarrhea and a small lump. The second week, I had diarrhea, and the lump was larger, and I had diarrhea. The third week, the lump was larger, and I had diarrhea. Two days after the injection, I had hives and itching. There was no difference between this drug and Victoza with my blood sugars. The convenience of taking this medication once a week is very good, but not everything is for everybody. My doctor took me off this medication."

• Car...
• Taken for 2 to 5 years
• April 20, 2022

"The medication is excellent. It does everything it is supposed to do. The problem is the new plunger-type injection pen. I have had so many failures that I have now changed my medication to Trulicity. The manufacturer is impossible to work with. If and when they decide to listen to their customers and revert back to the manual pens, I will return."

• Vid...
• Taken for 2 to 5 years
• December 19, 2021

"Needle pierces the skin, but medicine fails to deploy. It falls out of the injection once I take it out of the body. Happened twice in a row with two injections, different parts of the body. From review on this site, seems like I'm not alone. Medicine itself has worked great for several years when it was still the manual device."

• dav...
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• August 28, 2021

"Injection does not work. Display shows needle has been deployed, but after waiting more than 15 seconds, I pull it out, and most of the medicine has not been injected, and it comes squirting out of the pen. Seems worthless."

• Det...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• June 17, 2018

"Took my first injection on Friday night, along with 500 mg Metformin and Jardiance 25 mg in the morning. On Friday night and Saturday, I had severe cramps in my legs and hands. I couldn’t leave home. Sunday, I vomited after drinking a smoothie and felt nauseated after having my dinner. I soaked in Epsom salt and hydrated with alkaline water. The cramps got better, but I was still nauseated. Sipping on peppermint tea. Hope the nausea goes away, or I won’t be taking this again. I really want it to work for me, as I could benefit from the improved cholesterol and heart health, as well as reduced A1C. #praying"

• Joh...
• Taken for 2 to 5 years
• July 14, 2021

"Been on this drug for 5 years. My pharmacy changed it due to production by the company. The worst design for a shot pen. I wasted two pens tonight and still did not get my shot. Last month, got half a shot because medicine would not dispense. Caps are horrible to get off for an elderly person. Please bring back old syringes."

• Jil...
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• November 20, 2020

"I took Bydureon BCise for 2 months but have stopped it as I have no appetite! Not interested in eating! If I'm hardly eating anything, why take this every week? Read the side effects last up to 10 weeks! They can keep it! I have lost weight, of course, because I'm hardly eating!"

• tho...
• Taken for 2 to 5 years
• August 23, 2022

"Hard to commit on the actual medication results when these pens are mostly faulty. I have no understanding why they moved to these versus the manual injection pens. I have at a minimum one pen a month not inject the drug, and when you move the pen away, it just spills out. Terrible design for the cost of these!!"

• Sis...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• December 24, 2017

"I will be starting on Christmas Day, 2017. I must say that reading the reviews I've read, I am scared to death to try this. I only saw very few comments with good reviews. The majority of comments are very scary. I'm so nervous and afraid to even start. I'm going to talk with my husband and share some of the good and bad comments with him and get his take on what I should do. Although my Endo doctor explained much of what I read regarding side effects, I'm not sure if it's worth all the illnesses. I've already been through so much with diabetes. I'm about sick of it all. I like to wish you all well and much blessing too. Take good care, everyone."

• Mom...
• October 16, 2022

"Once again, the needle goes in, but the medicine does not. I can no longer get it to work at all on my thigh. Getting replacement pens was such a hassle, I now just skip it for the week when this happens."

• SJA...
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• July 26, 2019

"Started on this med 5 weeks ago with the 6th injection yesterday. No symptoms, no weight loss, don't know A1C level yet. Just welts on leg that take the full 6 weeks to disappear. The night or second night after, I wake 2 hours after sleeping start and have incredible restlessness and feel like I should get up and run forever to get it out of my system. Last night, I massaged legs, arms, stretched neck, etc., and finally after 3 hours went back to bed and slept soundly for 5 hours. I will confess I have been overcarbing with fruit (it's summer!) terribly, my appetite is not deterred although I am restricted because I had Roux-en-Y surgery 5 years ago. I am exercising every day along with gardening. Will reign in carbs and see what happens. Fasting blood sugar varies between 95 and 114."

• Jef...
• Taken for 1 to 2 years
• July 7, 2019

"Several times the med did not enter my stomach. Defective pens? I know how to use. RN here."

• Dan...
• August 8, 2019

"Bydureon BCise pens failed. What a joke. Does the FDA care that this is happening? I gave up and moved to a competitor."

• Tex...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• October 25, 2018

"This pen is terrible. I can't believe any testing was done on it."

• Hig...
• Taken for 6 months to 1 year
• August 16, 2021

"4 failed injections in a row, so $880 down the toilet. Company says they are concerned, but nothing has been done."

• joh...
• Taken for 2 to 5 years
• January 8, 2022

"My wife is a nurse, and still every fourth pen doesn’t work. She tries to inject, and liquid doesn’t come out. Lousy pen needs to be redesigned."

• Anonymous
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• September 22, 2021

"The regular Bydureon was great! The Bydureon BCise is horrible and has my leg bruised up, and it's very complicated."